Office of Management and Budget
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House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, along with Reps. Gerry Connolly and Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), want to know why there have been so many challenges in issuing full and correct back pay to federal employees after the recent government shutdown.
February 13, 2019 -
The Technology Modernization Fund Board chose GSA’s NewPay shared services proposal to receive the third loan from the IT modernization account.
February 12, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.) is launching an official investigation into the influence of three members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf club, on recent personnel and policy decisions at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
February 12, 2019 -
This week Michael Keegan addresses the federal government's IT modernization priorities with Suzette Kent, OMB's Federal Chief Information Officer.
February 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.
February 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.
February 07, 2019 -
A group of appropriators want the Government Accountability Office to review the Interior Department's decision to use fees to keep some national parks running during the 35-day government shutdown.
February 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court rules against an employee appealing his removal when he failed a drug test, after he says he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
February 06, 2019 -
Former federal IT executives say the 1996 law is not the problem, but it’s the processes that grew up around the Clinger-Cohen Act are making IT acquisition too difficult.
February 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that when it comes to detention facilities contractors, Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't adequately hold them accountable for written performance standards.
February 05, 2019 -
Jonathan Williams and Julia Di Vito, attorneys with PilieroMazza, explain why they believe VA’s plan is a lose-lose for veterans.
February 04, 2019 -
Peter Navarro, the assistant to the President and director of Trade and Industrial Policy at the White House, said 14 agencies spent more than $45 billion on infrastructure projects in 2016 without any Buy American requirements.
January 31, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats have brought forth a companion to a new bill from House Democratic leaders, which calls for giving civilian federal employees a 2.6 percent pay raise.
January 30, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security issued a notice to contractors setting expectations about the timing of solicitations and other acquisition activities for after the shutdown ends.
January 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
January 28, 2019